Bolten, Catherine E. 1976-

I did it to save my life love and survival in Sierra Leone / [electronic resource] : Catherine E. Bolten. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012. - xxii, 268 p. : ill. - California series in public anthropology ; 24 . - California series in public anthropology ; 24. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.


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War and society--Sierra Leone.


Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Personal narratives.
Sierra Leone--History--Psychological aspects.--Civil War, 1991-2002
Sierra Leone--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1991-2002


Electronic books.

DT516.826 / .B65 2012eb

966.4044